Maks Swiderek

These ‘glimpse’ posts will all be untitled for viewers’ interpretation. This one is also from the poker game.

Maks S

25/06/2014

Black and White, contrast, dark, flash, glimpse, light, Photography, portrait

Graveyard (#25727)

So we broke into the Leicester Graveyard… well… not exactly. We got there at 8 and stayed until 11 – after the gates have closed so had to climb over the fence and avoid CCTV… It’s an amazing place for a photo-shoot anyway, if a little creepy.

Maks S

24/06/2014

Chronicles

dark, grave, graveyard, light, lighting, model, night, Photography, photoshoot, portrait, shadow

Casual Headshot

Another housemate falls victim to my shooting… This is mostly what I do when we play poker. Perfect time to take photos because they can’t run away from winning the game! Flash behind him on a radiator… A few adjustments in lightroom helped bring out the dark left side and tone down the forehead. Just…

Maks S

23/06/2014

Photoshoots

Black and White, budget, cheap, contrast, flash, headshot, light, Photography, portrait, studio

Shroom

What else do you do with out of date mushrooms? Wasn’t sure whether it’s better to have the reflection in focus or the droplet. I think it makes more sense with the reflection.

Maks S

22/06/2014

Projects

budget, cheap, droplet, flash, food, high, low, Mushroom, Photography, shutter, speed, studio, subject, water

Fresher

…is something I won’t be again. Just testing out my awesome zoom lens. I forgot what it feels like to be able to zoom out! P.S.: I’m testing what is the optimal time for my posts so they won’t necessarily be at the usual 7-8am (GMT).

Maks S

20/06/2014

Walks

leaf, lens, nature, new, park, Photography, plant, spring, tree, walk, zoom

5

A follow up from yesterdays moody portrait. This time it’s more dynamic.

Maks S

19/06/2014

Glimpse

Black and White, dark, dynamic, emotion, expression, facia, five, glimpse, high, makss, motion, movement, Photography, portrait

Back to portraits: I guess this is a pretty cheap editing strategy but I like how high contrast, dark black and white portraits can change the mood of a photo. I played around with radial filters to make the faces evenly exposed and dark enough to make facial expressions ambiguous but bright enough to give…

Maks S

18/06/2014

Glimpse

Black and White, dark, emotion, expression, facial, filter, glimpse, makss, monochrome, Photography, portrait, scene

Enlightened (#25512)

This is an example of great design. Might have been accidental, with the tree coincidentally growing over the light, in either case, it makes a really striking pattern on the church wall.

Maks S

17/06/2014

Chronicles

Black and White, church, city, icon, jesus, makss, night, Photography, street, Urban

Macro Week

3 macro posts in a row. Well its not like im just gonna stop using my new babylens. Not sure what this plant is since I avoided botany like the plague but it seems its a weed, though a rather pretty weed.

Maks S

16/06/2014

Macro